This is what I get for coming in early. Been yelling five minutes and nobody’s around. Between floors, I think. Not sure which. Alarm’s uselss. … Taking a breath and thought why not try Wi-Fi … wouldn’t you know.
Hey, someone heard m
(Update: Was a guy named — Dmitri? — speaks so-so English but think he said he’d go find building managre. I tried prying door w/ fingers; dumb. Ceiling panel? Yeah, right … Damn! How could I have forgotten to tweet? Dude who took the Hudson plane pic would have a photo up already.)
(Update 2: Tweeted, like that’ll help … Dmitri’s back and said he couldn’t find managr but did find someone who thought he could … swell. These vators have been getting stuck all the time sicne we moved into this building last year, first for me. … Didn’t eat breakfst, btw.)
(Update 3: Woman heard me, too. She wants to call fire dept. Told her noooooo, too embarrassing, not needed; I’m sure Dmitri’s gonna come through.)
(Update 4: Can smell muffins from cafe. Memo self: “Eat breakfast every day” … from now on as importnt as “wear clean undies”)
(Update 5: That sure woke up my Twitter friends. Tried calling wife so she could laugh, too, but cell won’t work even tho wi-fi does. Go figure.)
(Update 6: Dmitri back, says he hadn’t heard from the guy who said he might be able to find the building manager. Geesh.)
(Update 7: More people arriving. Just heard from co-worker, Pat, who seemed concerned at first but then giggled way too much. … Certificate says last inspection was Feb, 07. Fail.)
(Update 8: Anyone have Les Stroud’s email or twit addrss? I’m not seeing wild edibles here.)
(Update 9: Great news! Building mangr arrived. … Not so great: Says he’s new and doesn’t know squat bout elevators. Calling someone. … Co-workers arriving/laughint regularly now. … Someone on Twitter asked who’s Les Stroud? Survivorman, duh.)
(Update 10: Need to pee. … Twitter tweeple need to stop laughing about this)
(Update 11: Someone’s got a crow bar … gotta st
(Update 12: Free at last! Free at last! thank God Almighty … uh, MLK wasn’t talking about elevaqtors, was he.)
(Update 13: Oh, crap. work “friend” thought it funny to call local paper, where I used to work. Smart-alek rporter: “So how’s it feel to be in there listenng to your co-workers outside laughing their asses off?” … Told him he who laughs last gets to say … “look at the calendar.”)
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